Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 9:4

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Chronicles 9:4

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Chronicles 9:4

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, his cupbearers also, and their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her." — 2 Chronicles 9:4 (ASV)

And his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord. —Kings, “And his burnt offering which he offered in the house of the Lord.” The Septuagint, Syr., and Vulgate here agree with Kings; and the Arab. reads, “the altar on which he offered.” In all other passages, the word used in our text (‘alîyâh) means not ascent, but upper chamber. It is likely, therefore, that in the present instance it is merely an error of transcription for the term occurring in Kings (‘ôlâh, “burnt-offering”).